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Mac Bullock

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mbullock@dailyvoice.com

Mac Bullock is a Pennsylvania-based news reporter who has worked in local journalism for five years. He joined the Daily Voice team in October of 2022.

In his spare time, he enjoys reading, camping, and fishing.

Mac Bullock's Contributions

Police & Fire

Answers Sought In Suburban Philly Woman's Mysterious 1960 Killing It's been more than 60 years since Helen Drummond Fischer was killed, and detectives are still looking for answers. The 55-year-old was found deadwith "numerous injuries" in her Pebble Hill Road home in Doylestown on Feb. 17, 1960, said investigators with the Pennsylvania State Police. A Chicago native, Fischer ran her own travel agency business out of her house, police said. She was planning to divorce her estranged husband, the late "millionaire industrialist" Kermit Fischer, and was pressing assault charges against him at the time of her death, police said. Helen Drumm…

by Mac Bullock

02/23/2023

Police & Fire

Video: Shoppers Held At Gunpoint In Chilling Philly Robbery Four masked men stormed a West Philadelphia corner store, holding customers and employees at gunpoint before making off with thousands, authorities say. It started just before 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, Philly police said in a statement. The men pull up to the front door of the Wyndale Grocery in a black Honda Accord and enter the store, security footage shows. Surveillance video released by police shows the robbery unfolding. PhiladelphiaPolice Inside, three of the men rounded up witnesses at gunpoint while a fourth stole cash from behind the counter, police wrote. Video shows one su…

by Mac Bullock

02/23/2023

Police & Fire

Reading Man Shot During Street Fight, Cops Say A fight on a Reading street ended with gunfire late Wednesday afternoon, authorities say. It happened on the 300 block of South 8th Street at around 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 22, the department wrote in a release. Officers arrived on the scene to find a 22-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, they said. The unnamed victim was rushed to Reading Hospital for treatment, but his condition was unclear. Police did not report any arrests but said that "all involved parties have been identified" and that there is no ongoing threat to public safety. Anyone with inform…

by Mac Bullock

02/23/2023

Police & Fire

Coroner IDs Bethlehem Crash Victim Officials have identified the man killed in a single-vehicle crash in Bethlehem over the weekend. Joseph G. Rodriguez, 32, of Bethlehem, was driving north on Route 412 near Commerce Center Boulevard on Saturday, Feb. 18, said Coroner Daniel A. Buglio in a statement. Just before 10 p.m., Rodriguez's car veered off the road, hitting several trees before coming to a rest, the coroner said. He was rushed to St. Luke's University Hospital on Ostrum Street when he was pronounced dead minutes later, officials wrote. Rodriguez's cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries, a…

by Mac Bullock

02/23/2023

Police & Fire

PA Man Disguised Himself As Late Dad To Get Social Security, Pension: Feds A Pennsylvania man has admitted to fraudulently collecting his late father's retirement checks, and even disguising himself as an older man to sell the lie, federal authorities say. Timothy Gritman, a 55-year-old resident of Brodheadsville in Monroe County, pleaded guilty to Social Security and wire fraud in a federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 14, said US Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero in a statement. According to prosecutors, Gritman's father Ralph was 79 and "in poor health" when he was last seen alive by other family members in 2016. The next summer, authorities say Gritman moved with …

by Mac Bullock

02/22/2023

Police & Fire

Hammer-Wielding Robber Storms Chesco Pizza Joint, Cops Say A would-be thief armed with a hammer tried to run out of a Chester County pizza joint with the cash register, authorities report. The incident occurred at Pasquale's IV Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria at 2058 Newark Road in New London Township on Saturday, Feb. 18, state police said in a statement. The robber burst into the eatery at about 9:30 p.m., wielding a hammer and apparently trying to take the cash register with him, according to the police report. Incensed, the pizzeria workers descended on their attacker and drove him away empty-handed, troopers added. The suspe…

by Mac Bullock

02/22/2023

Police & Fire

Delco Deli Deals $593K Lotto Ticket A diner at a Delaware County deli walked away with over half a million dollars, state officials say. The lucky customer at John's Corner Deli at 3231 Concord Road in Aston matched all five balls pulled in the Sunday, Feb. 19 drawing for the Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash game, lotto representatives said. The crew at John's will now receive a $5,000 bonus check for having sold the winning ticket, officials note. More than 12,000 Keystone State lottery players won prizes of some amount in the Sunday drawing, and players should always double-check thei…

by Mac Bullock

02/22/2023

Police & Fire

Nearly 2 Kilos Of Mushrooms Seized In Massive Lehigh Drug Raid: Troopers Two U-Haul trucks were needed to carry away the large stash of drugs police recovered while searching a Lehigh County man's properties, authorities claim. State police and county detectives raided the South 12th Street home of 36-year-old Emmaus resident Andrew Kacsur, as well as a unit at Edge Self Storage in Tilden Township, while executing search warrants on Thursday, Feb. 16, troopers said in a release. The massive haul between both properties included about 1,783 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, around 372 psilocybin edibles, roughly 6,962 grams of THC wax, 866 THC vaporizer …

by Mac Bullock

02/22/2023

Police & Fire

Police Shoot Suspected Car Thief After Chester County Chase: DA Police in Caln Township shot and wounded a suspect following a brief pursuit into a residential neighborhood early on Wednesday, authorities say. Officers were contacted about a stolen car in the parking lot of a Downingtown Wawa just before 2 a.m. on Feb. 22, District Attorney Deb Ryan's office said following a preliminary investigation. "Later, the suspect who had been driving the stolen vehicle stole another car that was parked at the Wawa," the DA wrote. Police began to pursue the car after the driver refused to pull over, officials said. The chase took officers …

by Mac Bullock

02/22/2023

Police & Fire

Delco Driver Caught With Drugs, Stolen Handgun: Police A driver in Delaware County received more than just a ticket after a traffic stop early Tuesday morning, authorities say. Police in Marple Township signaled for a silver 2019 Nissan Sentra to pull over just after midnight on Feb. 21, the department wrote in a release. While speaking with the driver, the officer saw the black grip of a pistol jutting out from underneath the passenger seat, according to the police report. Further investigation revealed that the gun was stolen, and a search of the car turned up a stash of marijuana, police claimed. Maurice L. Barton, 19, was…

by Mac Bullock

02/22/2023

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